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NAME

       rootv - display TV using the Xvideo extension

SYNOPSIS

       rootv [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       rootv  puts  a  video  to  some  window.  By default it creates its own
       window, but you can also ask it to use the root window (thus the  name)
       or any other window.  rootv needs the Xvideo extension.

       rootv itself provides no way to control video/audio/tuner.  You can use
       v4lctl to do this.

OPTIONS

       rootv knows a number of command line options to modify the behaviour.

       -help  Print a short description of all command line options.

       -verbose
              Be verbose.  That will dump some debug messages to stderr.

       -root  Put the video onto the root window instead  of  creating  a  new
              window.

       -id <win>
              Put  the  video  into the window <win> instead of creating a new
              window.

       -station <st>
              Tune station <st>.  This just calls v4lctl, which in  turn  will
              look up the station in your ~/.xawtv config file.

       -no-mute
              Don’t  toggle  mute.   By  default rootv will unmute the TV card
              when it starts and mute it on exit.   It  does  this  using  the
              XV_MUTE attribute (if available).

       -port <n>
              Use  Xvideo  port  <n>.   Try the -verbose switch if you want to
              know which ones are available.

       -bg    Fork into background.

       -wm    Print WindowMaker menu (set stations using v4lctl).

SEE ALSO

       xawtv(1), fbtv(1), v4lctl(1)

AUTHOR

       Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
       option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without   even   the   implied   warranty   of
       MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

                           (c) 2000-2002 Gerd Knorr                   rootv(1)